New Orleans said it would, and it did.According to NOLA.com columnist Jeff Duncan, Sunday's Super Bowl drew a 26.1 rating in the New Orleans market. It was the lowest of any market and the lowest ever in New Orleans.In comparison, Super Bowl 44 — which the New Orleans Saints won in 2010 — is in the top 10 among the most-watched Super Bowls. It had a 56.3 rating in New Orleans and drew about 106 million U.S. viewers.Austin Karp, managing editor for digital at Sports Business Journal, tweeted Monday that CBS drew a 44.9 overnight rating for this year's Super Bowl. It was the lowest figure since the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals drew a 42.1 rating in 2009. For the biggest football game of the year, many Saints fans were mourning a Super Bowl that might have been. An extensive list of bars and restaurants said they wouldn't air the game, and a wealth of alternative programming sprouted up across the city for people to show their Who Dat spirit while boycotting the game."So many people wanted this and, more importantly, so many people needed this because we were robbed," said Kim Bergeron, a marketing and public relations specialist who put together a parade to occur the same day as the Super Bowl.Saints fans have been angry since the Jan. 20 NFC championship game and what has now become known as the infamous "no-call." A Rams defensive back leveled a Saints receiver with a helmet-to-helmet hit at a crucial point in the final minutes of regulation time. NFL officials acknowledged after the game that flags should have been thrown, but that's done little to soothe the ire in New Orleans and the state.

NEW ORLEANS —

New Orleans said it would, and it did.

According to NOLA.com columnist Jeff Duncan, Sunday's Super Bowl drew a 26.1 rating in the New Orleans market. It was the lowest of any market and the lowest ever in New Orleans.

Austin Karp, managing editor for digital at Sports Business Journal, tweeted Monday that CBS drew a 44.9 overnight rating for this year's Super Bowl. It was the lowest figure since the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals drew a 42.1 rating in 2009.

CBS drew a 44.9 overnight rating for Patriots-Rams last night, which was lowest-scoring Super Bowl yet. That figure is lowest for Super Bowl since Steelers-Cards drew 42.1 in 2009. Boston market got 57.4 (best for game since 2015). L.A. market 44.6 (best SB in L.A. since 1996)

For the biggest football game of the year, many Saints fans were mourning a Super Bowl that might have been.

An extensive list of bars and restaurants said they wouldn't air the game, and a wealth of alternative programming sprouted up across the city for people to show their Who Dat spirit while boycotting the game.

"So many people wanted this and, more importantly, so many people needed this because we were robbed," said Kim Bergeron, a marketing and public relations specialist who put together a parade to occur the same day as the Super Bowl.

Saints fans have been angry since the Jan. 20 NFC championship game and what has now become known as the infamous "no-call." A Rams defensive back leveled a Saints receiver with a helmet-to-helmet hit at a crucial point in the final minutes of regulation time.

NFL officials acknowledged after the game that flags should have been thrown, but that's done little to soothe the ire in New Orleans and the state.